Medal - Churchill Falls Newfoundland & Labrador
Features
| Location |
Canada
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals |
| Years | 1971-1972 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 88 g |
| Diameter | 52.5 mm |
| Thickness | 5.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled (high relief) |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 526904 |
Commemorative issue
Opening of power station
Obverse
Representation of water flowing through a turbine and generating power; flowing water above a dam electricity emanating, legend in the center.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CHURCHILL · FALLS/(LABRADOR)/CORPORATION · LIMITED
7,000,000 H.P.
Engraver: Dora de Pédery-Hunt
Reverse
Company logo in center, surrounded by the legend and turbine blades.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
- CANADA -
CF
BRINCO
MAY 1972 MAI
Engraver: Dora de Pédery-Hunt
Edge
Plain with engravers signature, hallmark for mint, medal content and serial number.
Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)
Lettering: D. Hunt xxxxx
© Greg Laws (CC BY-NC)
Mint
Wellings Mint, Rexdale, CanadaComments
from; National Gallery of Canada, Works by Dora de Pédery-Hunt, Philip Dombowsky October 29, 2025
"De Pedery-Hunt continued to contribute to medallic art in Canada throughout the 1970s.
She created a medal celebrating the 300th anniversary of the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1970 and
another marking the opening of the Churchill Power Station in Labrador in 1971."
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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